Supplemental seat.



A. REINEKE.

SUPPLEMENTAL SEAT. APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 26, 1908.

942,793. Patented Dec. 7, 1909.

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SUPPLEMENTAL SEAT.

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Application filed August 20, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, AUGUST REINEKE, a subject of the Emperor of Germany,and residing at Chicago, in thecounty of Cook and State of Illinois,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Supplemental Seats, ofwhich the following is a complete specification.

This invention relates to improvements in supplemental seats and moreparticularly to a supplemental seat for stools, chairs and the like.

It is ofttimes desirable to provide a supplemental seat for piano stoolsand other stools or chairs, especially where such stools are equippedwith non-upholstered seats which have become marred or worn to such anextent that they cannot be satisfactorily refinished.

The object of this invention is to provide a supplemental seat forstools, chairs etc, which is adapted to be removably engaged over thestool or chair seat and completely cover the same.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a cheap and simplesupplemental seat adapted to fit over the permanent seat and gripbeneath the same so as to hold itself rigidly in place and which may beat tached to either old stools or new ones especially designed for thatpurpose.

The invention consists of the matters hereinafter described in thespecification and more particularly pointed out and defined in theappended claims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a vertical, central section of a pianostool seat provided with a supplemental seat embodying my invention.Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the supplemental seat, showing the underside thereof.

As shown in said drawings: A indicates the ordinary seat of a pianostool, to the under side of which is attached the pedestal screw a inthe usual or any preferred manner. Said seat as shown is round though itmay obviously be of any preferred shape, and adapted to fit over thesame is the sup plemental seat which is indicated as a whole by B. Saidsupplemental seat may be of any preferred construction but, as shown, itcomprises a bottom member Z) of wood or other suitable material of asize and shape equal to that of the seat A, and which is preferablycovered with upholstering Z) of Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 2, 194%.

Serial No. 449,423.

any preferred kind. Engaged to the edge of the bottom 6 and extendingdownwardly therefrom sufficiently to cover the seat A is a flange orband Z2 of metal or other pre ferred material which may be secured tothe bottom Z) in any preferred manner but which, as shown, is attachedby means of large headed tacks b wardly beneath said bottom adjacent theinner side of said band is a plurality of spring clips C, each of whichcomprises a resilient strip of metal attached at its upper end to theedge of the bottom and the lower end of which is bent inwardly and thenoutwardly to provide a hook 0 adapted to engage beneath the seat A whenthe supplemental seat is in place.

The operation is as follows: When the supplemental seat is being placedover the seat A the hooked portions 0 of the clips tend to straightenout as they are passing the seat A, and when they have passed beneathsaid seat they again resume their natural positions and hook beneath theseat and act to hold the supplemental seat in place. When it is desiredto remove the supplemental seat it is only necessary to pull upwardlythereon when the clip hooks will be withdrawn from beneath the seat A.

Obviously a supplemental seat constructed in accordance with myinvention may be quickly attached to or detached from a stool or chairseat, and obviously many details of form and construction may be Variedwithout departing from the principles of my invention.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a device of the class described the combination with a bottommember of upholstering thereon, a peripheral flange on said member, anda plurality of spring clips secured at their upper ends between saidmember and said flange and extending downwardly from said member inclose contact with said flange, and each being provided near its lowerend with an inwardly curved portion adapted to be straightened whenforced against said flange.

2. In a device of the class described the combination with a seat of abottom member adapted to overlie the same, upholstering on said member,a peripheral flange on saidmember extending below said seat and out ofcontact therewith, and a plurality of spring clips secured at theirupper ends be Extending downtween said member and said flange and eX-scribed my name in the presence of two Wit/ tending downwardly betweensaid flange and nessesi said seat, each cli having an inwardly w v 1 7'curved portion neai its lower end adapted I 'AUUUbr REINERE 5 to beflattened against the flange When being Witnesses:

moved past said seat. 0. E. A. BALZER, In Witness whereof I havehereunto sub JOHN HAUsER.

